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| Botanical Name | Cardiospermum halicacabum L. |
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| Tamil Name | Mudakkathan |
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| Family | Sapindaceae |
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| Cotyledon | Dicot |
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| Habit | Herb |
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| Description | wiry stems, alternate leaves glabrous, inflorescence axillary racemes, flowers white, fruit trigonous capsule, pyriform, seeds black. |
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| Medicinal uses | • Pain relief |
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| | • inflammation |
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| | • skin ailments |
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| | • dropsy and |
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| | • hyperthermia |
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| Places / Locations | * Thirukudder hills, Madurai District |
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| | * Kancheepuram District |
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| | * Mooligai Vanam, Kodiyakkarai, Nagapattinam District |
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| | * Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram |
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| | * Vanavasi hill, Salem District |
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